You hear Costco is great. One friend describes it as a 'shopping Disney World'. You start thinking about it. You have some extra cash. You decide to try it out, you'll save that much money in gas anyway! What's the worst that can happen?--
I'm 37. Instead of regretting that I can't wake up age 18 again, I pretend to myself that I'm 90 and I've woken up age 37 again, and that I get to magically, wonderfully have the next 50 years again.
list of things that elevate your food that I had to learn as an adult.
1. Salt & pepper on sandwiches
2. Oregano on sandwiches
3. Lettuce on any sandwich or burger
4. Lime on tacos
5. Lemon on fish
6. Lemon on chicken
7. Honey on yogurt
back when i was a depressed 17 year old on tumblr i saw a post that said "i was once 17 and depressed but now i'm listening to my husband play with our baby in the other room. it does get better" and i never forgot about that. now i am listening to my husband play with our baby in the other room
Actually, history shows us how dictators have gained power, and one of the first things they do is gut the non-partisan civil service. Why? Because civil servants quietly keep the institutions of democracy and govt from being corrupt and from being used as political weapons.
All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes checked off.
Here’s the thing. Every last one of these people in tears heard Trump on the stump before the election. They knew he was cruel. But they were fine with it because they thought he’d only be cruel to the people they didn’t like. The problem with cruelty is that it doesn’t stop where you want it to—it spreads, and eventually, it comes for you too.
They provided my son with an 504 plan that included ECSE classes and therapy
At 3 he had epilepsy and developmental delays. He could only speak 3 words
Now at 11 you’d never know he struggled at all. As a matter of fact I am sitting watching him warm up on the court for a basketball tournament.
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Fun Fact: If you live in the United States, here’s a fun fact: A lot of people in other countries making much less than you have their own homes and free healthcare that no landlord or company can take away.
Today is the “Love Your Immigrant Neighbor Day of Action”. We had a great time at the art build this morning! Major thanks to @COPALMN for hosting us! ♥️
They took civics out of the curriculum & stopped teaching kids how to navigate govt systems, how laws are passed, how courts operate, how public funds are allocated. Because if you don’t understand power, you can’t question it. And if you can’t question it, you can’t fight it.